GRE Word List
PROPONENT
one who argues in favor of something : advocate
The meaning of the word proponent is one who argues in favor of something : advocate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |